May 122012
 
What I Have Learned in the Last 5 Days

It is a myth that your Ipod, which you’ve dropped into the bathtub, can be dried out and restored by putting it into a bag of rice in the freezer. It’s dead. The InStyle magazine that went into the tub with it also cannot be resurrected by hanging it over a chair on the porch. [...]

 Posted by on May 12, 2012 3 Responses »
Apr 202012
 

I am going on sabbatical this summer for 6 weeks to work on some book projects. One of my goals is to find my mind again. I have clearly lost it. For instance, today I go to the gym, but don’t stop to have my card scanned at the front, which is really, really hard [...]

 Posted by on April 20, 2012 1 Response »
Mar 302012
 
Why Percocet and Online Shopping Should Never Meet

Repeat after me: I will not log onto Zappos.com under the influence of pain medication. This is because the next day you open your door to this: And, only then do you remember logging on at all. Once I opened the box it all came back to me in a rush. A hazy memory of sifting through 28 [...]

 Posted by on March 30, 2012 5 Responses »
Mar 292012
 

Hi. It’s me. I know you haven’t heard from me for a while. I’ve been busy being cut open. I wouldn’t change being a girl for anything. Except, now that I’m over 40, being a girl means all kind of fun hormonal things like perimenopause (pre-menopause for the uninitiated). This means when we grow up, [...]

 Posted by on March 29, 2012 5 Responses »